The waste of the world: consumption, economies and the making of the global waste problem

Examining the root causes of the global waste problem, this book challenges existing policies, highlighting what needs to change if we are to get serious in tackling this global problem. It concludes with policy implications for shifting waste from an 'end-of-pipe' concern to being at the...

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1. Verfasser: Gregson, Nicky 1958- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bristol, UK Bristol University Press 2024
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Zusammenfassung:Examining the root causes of the global waste problem, this book challenges existing policies, highlighting what needs to change if we are to get serious in tackling this global problem. It concludes with policy implications for shifting waste from an 'end-of-pipe' concern to being at the heart of the debate over decarbonisation
Beschreibung:The global waste problem and how to think about it : or, how to understand the 'too much waste' problem -- Discard, social order and social life : or, discard is foundational to understanding waste -- Consumption, consumer practices and consumer discard : or, how consumer discard relates to economies -- Conduits, value regimes and valuation : or, following consumers' discarded things -- Recommodifying discard : or, the challenges of turning discard into an economic good -- Waste, money and finance : or, how turning discard into waste turns waste into an energy resource and an asset -- Future directions : or, rewiring waste through the three Ds (decarbonization, digital and discard). - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2024)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 235 Seiten)
ISBN:9781529232462
DOI:10.46692/9781529232462

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